2007 Montreal Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup

By Mike Everleth ⋅ May 16, 2007

The 2nd annual Montreal Underground Film Festival is running May 17-19, so I’m getting this up just under the wire for those planning/trying to decide to attend. Like last year, this is a very shorts-heavy fest, although I think they’re showing a few more features than last year, i.e. if you think of a “feature” as being at least over 45 minutes. Normally I list the longer films first, but since there’s so few, I’m mixing both the feature and shorts lineups together.

One little program note: On the 19th at 10:00 p.m., the shorts program will include Rebecca Conroy‘s I’m Serious, She’s a Bitch, a truly terrific film that I reviewed here. I’ve seen it several times on a computer screen, but would love to see in a theater with an audience. And now, without further ado, here’s the lineup:

May 187:00 p.m. Spectacles D’Autres Mondes, dir. Valerian Mazataud. Feature. I’m not exactly sure what this documentary is about since the MUFF description is all in French, but I think it’s about two nutty guys who bicycle all over Europe.

10:00 p.m.:King of Punk, dir. Julie & Kenneth Van Schooten. Feature. A documentary about the original punk scene, circa 1976-82. Interviews with members of The Ramones, Addicts, Exploited, Avengers, Dead Boys and more.

11:10 p.m.: Punk le Vote: Roach en Election, dir. Eric “Roach” Denis. Feature. Two punk rock dudes, Roach and Starbuck, decide to run for Canadian public office. From the fest description, I can’t tell if this is a documentary or not, but I assume it is.

12:30 a.m.:5 1/2 Roofs, dir. Sepp. R. Brudermann. Feature. A documentary about 6 urban squats in modern-day London, a city where squatting is not a crime.

May 197:00 p.m.: Bere Per Dimenticare (Drink to Forget), dirs. Patrick Heeren, Michele Calabresi, Carla Molino. Feature. Somebody in Italy is selling wine bottles with images of Hitler and Mussolini on them. Again, I think this is a documentary, but I’m not sure.